LaFace Records

LaFace Records, an Atlanta, Georgia-based record label company, was originally a joint venture between the producing duo Antonio "LA" Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and Arista Records. The combined nicknames of the two producers production company inspired the name of the label.

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Atlanta - Georgia - Record label - Antonio "LA" Reid - Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds - Arista Records

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Formed in 1989, LaFace went on to become a highly dominant and successful label throughout the 1990s, responsible for producing popular artists such as TLC, Toni Braxton, OutKast, Pink, Usher, Goodie Mob, and Cee-Lo. Towards the end of the decade LaFace produced fewer artists and Babyface began to focus more on his own music career. The label was acquired completely by Arista and BMG in 1999. In 2001, L.A. Ried was appointed Chairman/CEO of Arista. In lieu of Reid's promotion, LaFace was dissolved as most of its prominent acts moved up to the main Arista label to work under Reid.

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1989 - 1990s - TLC - Toni Braxton - OutKast - Pink - Usher - Goodie Mob - Cee-Lo - 1999

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In 2004, after the corporate restructuring of the BMG labels, LaFace was reactivated as one quarter of the newly reconstructed Zomba Music Group as the conglomerate's main R&B/hip hop music division. Also in the Zomba Group portfolio are labels like So So Def Recordings, Verity Records and Jive Records.

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2004 - BMG - Zomba Music Group - R&B - Hip hop music - So So Def Recordings - Verity Records - Jive Records

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Upon LaFace's reactivation, most of its former roster that had moved on to Arista, returned to the company. Currently, LaFace is the label home of rising recording star Ciara.

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